Owen Foster is pulled from his elite New Orleans boarding school when his father's assets are seized and, back in his small town, begins to piece together his father's past despite mounting danger.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, rocked by the discovery that the child's skeleton she buried is not that of her murdered daughter, feels compelled to leave her lover Joe and adopted daughter Jane and take an assignment in Baton Rouge that leads her to the heart of a dangerous, and perhaps deadly, government conspiracy.
Describes the official symbols, history, government, people, plants, animals, products, and resources of Louisiana and includes a recipe, a craft activity, and the state song.
Tells of a woman's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. Includes a selection of short stories, including "Beyond the Bayou, " "A Respectable Woman, " and "A Pair of Silk Stockings.".
When Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is found shot on a Louisiana plantation, the claimants to the killing form a wall of protection around the real murderer.
Having discovered the true nature of the old woman known as the Witch of Blackwater Swamp, fifth grader Ted must decide whether to come to her aid when she is accused of the thefts plaguing his small Louisiana town.
When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes at a dive bar, there are definitely sparks, but Shaw has other plans and abducts Jordie, hoping to get his hands on the millions of dollars her brother has stolen.
In this haunting hybrid of memoir and true crime account, Marzano-Lesnevich describes how a law school internship set her on a collision course with Ricky Langley, a pedophile and murderer, forcing her to contend with past trauma and preexisting prejudice.
